ABL 1261 (P237694)

Letter tablet excavated in Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM —

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter (letter (to the crown prince))

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Letter (letter (to the crown prince))
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P237694
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P237694

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM —
Accession Number	1891-05-09 Bu, 0148

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Letters from Assyrian and Babylonian Scholars (SAAo/SAA10)	P237694
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P237694
State Archives of Assyria Online (SAAo)	P237694

References

primary: ABL, 1261

[Harper1892-1914ABL] Harper, Robert Francis. 1892-1914. Assyrian and Babylonian Letters Belonging to the Kouyunjik Collections of the British Museum. University of Chicago Press.
primary: SAA 10, 180

[Parpola1993SAA10] Parpola, Simo. 1993. Letters from Assyrian and Babylonian Scholars. State Archives of Assyria, Volume 10. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press.
history: AOS 6, 134 (no. 180)

[Pfeiffer1935AOS6] Pfeiffer, Robert H. 1935. State Letters of Assyria; a Transliteration and Translation of 355 Official Assyrian Letters Dating from the Sargonid Period (722-625 B.C.). Vol. 6. American Oriental Series.
history: RCAE 2, 376-379 (no. 1261)

[Waterman1930RCAE2] Waterman, Leroy. 1930. Vol. 2. Royal Correspondence of the Assyrian Empire.
history: RCAE 4, pl. 14 (no. 1261) (photo, rev. only)

[Waterman1936RCAE4] Waterman, Leroy. 1936. Vol. 4. Royal Correspondence of the Assyrian Empire . Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2026-11-02 at 09:04:42	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-10-26 at 11:39:20	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-10-26 at 11:38:00	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-08 at 18:28:11	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-08 at 18:24:20	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-08 at 17:57:50	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-07 at 13:44:40	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-01 at 18:53:23	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie		Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2003-12-03 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Fincke, Jeanette C.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“ABL 1261 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 2, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P237694.

ABL 1261 artifact entry (No. P237694). (2026, November 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P237694 (Original work published 2003)

ABL 1261 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P237694 (Accessed: November 4, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“ABL 1261 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 2, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P237694.

ABL 1261 artifact entry (No. P237694). (2026, November 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P237694 (Original work published 2003)

ABL 1261 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P237694 (Accessed: November 4, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P237694},
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